Irby () is a village on the

Wirral Peninsula The Wirral Peninsula (), known locally as the Wirral, is a peninsula in North West England. The roughly rectangular peninsula is about long and wide, and is bounded by the Dee Estuary to the west, the Mersey Estuary to the east, and Liverpo ...

, in

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, England. The village covers an area of 20 square kilometres. To the north of Irby lies the associated

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of Irby Hill. It is part of the Greasby, Frankby and Irby Ward of the

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and is within the parliamentary constituency of

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. According to the 2001 census, Irby had a population of 6,110, By the time of the 2011 census a separate statistic for Irby was no longer maintained. However, the total population of Greasby, Frankby and Irby Ward was 13,991.

History

The name Irby ''(Iri býr)'' is of

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origin, meaning "farmstead or settlement of the Irish". It is derived from the

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words ''Íri'' (Irishman) and ''bȳ'' (a farmstead or settlement). Historically, the name has been spelt as ''Irreby'' (1096) and ''Ireby'' (1232). Other nearby towns and villages with the Viking ''"by"''

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in their name include

Frankby Frankby () is a village and former civil parish, in the Wirral district, in Merseyside, England. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula between Greasby and Newton on the outskirts of the town of West Kirby and south of Hoylake. The hamlet of ...

Greasby Greasby () is a large village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. A predominantly residential area, it is contiguous with Upton to the east and Saughall Massie to the north. The small village of Frankby is to the immediate west. Hi ...

and

Pensby Pensby () is a large village on the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England. It is located to the north of the town of Heswall and approximately to the south west of Thingwall. Historically within Cheshire, the area is part of the Pensby and ...

. Although not mentioned in the

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, the land of the present day village was recorded as being granted to the

Abbey of St Werburgh Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester. It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. The cathedral, formerly the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint ...

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in 1093.

Irby Mill

A reference to the existence of a

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at Irby was made in a rental agreement of 1431, whereby

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were expected to "...grind at Irby Mill to the 16th measure." This referred to the miller receiving this amount in flour as a toll. This original wooden structure was replaced by a

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in the early 18th century. After being disused since about 1878 and in a very dilapidated condition, the mill was demolished in 1898. Along with a similar structure in Burton, it was one of the last post mills of its kind on the Wirral. The demolition work was carried out by unskilled labour hired by the miller. They removed the brick base first, resulting in the whole structure becoming dangerously unsafe and crashing to the ground, narrowly avoiding injury or loss of life. The Irby Mill

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, which opened for business in 1980, stands adjacent to the site in a building formerly known as Irby Mill Cottage.

Irby Hall

Irby Hall was constructed in the early 17th century, with an entrance facade added in 1888. The hall was built on the site of an 11th-century moated manor and courthouse of St Werburgh's Abbey. The moat is now dry, but has a prominent outer bank. Irby Hall was made a Grade II

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in 1962.

Geography, geology and environment

Irby lies on the western side of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, from the

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Hoylake Hoylake () is a coast, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is at the north west of the Wirral Peninsula, near West Kirby and where the River Dee, Wales, River Dee meets the Irish Sea. At the 2021 United K ...

, from the

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and about from the

River Mersey The River Mersey () is a major river in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it h ...

at Tranmere. Irby sits on the eastern side of Thurstaston Hill, at the western side of a wide and shallow glacial

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, formed during the

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. The underlying bedrock is

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bunter

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of the

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, and Triassic

siltstone Siltstone, also known as aleurolite, is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed mostly of silt. It is a form of mudrock with a low clay mineral content, which can be distinguished from shale by its lack of fissility. Although its permeabil ...

of the Tarporley Siltstone Formation. This is overlain with

boulder clay Boulder clay is an unsorted agglomeration of clastic sediment that is unstratified and structureless and contains gravel of various sizes, shapes, and compositions distributed at random in a fine-grained matrix. The fine-grained matrix consists o ...

from the Quaternary Ice Age, similar to the nearby Dee Cliffs, and clay soil. The bedrock is not usually visible, as it is at the summit of Thurstaston Hill. The highest point in Irby is above sea level, on Irby Road, near to Irby Hall, in the centre of the village. The higher prominence of Thurstaston Hill is at above sea level, to the west. All of the populated area is more than above sea level, and the ground is on a gentle hillside. Irby is bounded by

Greasby Brook Greasby Brook is a tributary of Arrowe Brook, in Wirral, Merseyside. The brook starts near to Dawlish Road in Thurstaston. The brook flows through Thurstaston Common and around the western side of Greasby, before converging, firstly, with ...

, to the west, which also travels through and alongside Thurstaston Common. The brook has its source in the fields to the south-west of Irby. Meanwhile, Irby is bounded to the north, east and south by part of the field drainage which forms

Arrowe Brook The Birket is a tributary of the River Mersey, on the Wirral, Merseyside. The watercourse starts as lowland field drainage south of Hoylake and flows along to the south of Meols. Arrowe Brook joins at Moreton, and the Fender joins at Leasow ...

Climate

Irby has a temperate

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(

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: Cfb), similar to much of the rest of the United Kingdom. Being close to the sea and sheltered from the prevailing south-westerly wind by

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, the area has relatively warm summers. The winters are generally mild and wet, mornings with light frost are common, and there are few days of snow. The nearest official

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, is at Hall Road in

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, which is about to the north.

Demographics

The population was 96 in 1801, 180 in 1851 and 146 in 1901. Whilst not being diverse in terms of ethnicity, Irby is an economically diverse neighbourhood, possessing a mixture of large 1930s built private houses together with an estate of 1970s built homes in a range of sizes and an element of 1950s built council housing all in close proximity. In this respect it is regarded locally as a very desirable place to live. Irby is within the catchment area for two local grammar schools: Calday Grange Grammar School for Boys and West Kirby Grammar School for Girls. Despite the typically suburban character of most of its neighbourhoods, Irby is surrounded on all sides by a large amount of

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and woodland.

Governance

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within the county of

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

, Irby was formerly a

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in the

Thurstaston Thurstaston ( ) is a village and former civil parish, in the Wirral district, in Merseyside, England, on the Wirral Peninsula. It is part of the West Kirby and Thurstaston Ward and the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. The village l ...

and Woodchurch parishes of the

Wirral Hundred The Hundred of Wirral is the ancient administrative area for the Wirral Peninsula. Its name is believed to have originated from the ''Hundred of Wilaveston'', the historic name for Willaston, Cheshire West, Willaston, which was an important asse ...

. In 1866 Irby became a separate

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. Irby was part of Wirral Rural Sanitary District from 1866, then

Wirral Rural District Wirral Rural District was a rural district on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire, England from 1894 to 1933. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Wirral Rural Sanitary District. From the beginning of the twentieth centu ...

from 1894 and

Wirral Urban District Wirral Urban District was an urban district in Cheshire, England from 1933 to 1974. It was created from part of the disbanded Wirral Rural District and covered an area on the south-west side of the Wirral Peninsula. The largest settlement was ...

from 1933. In 1951 the parish had a population of 4032. On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished. Further changes occurred on 1 April 1974, when local government reorganisation resulted in most of Wirral, including Irby, transfer from Cheshire to the newly formed

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. As of , Irby is incorporated into the Greasby, Frankby and Irby

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of the

. It is represented on Wirral Borough Council by three Labour councillors. The most recent

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took place on 4 May 2023. The village is part of the parliamentary constituency of

. It is currently represented by Labour MP Matthew Patrick. Earlier MPs have included

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, a former Foreign Secretary,

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and

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, as well as

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, the founder of

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Economy

Shops

Irby's small shopping area has a Morrisons local convenience store, which includes a branch of the

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. The shopping area also includes hairdressers, a florist, fast food outlets, restaurants and an

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Services

Arrowe Park Hospital Arrowe Park Hospital is a large, acute hospital, located on a 15-acre (6.1 ha) section of Arrowe Park, close to the village of Upton, Wirral, Merseyside. It is one of three hospitals managed by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Founda ...

is about a mile from the centre of the village, and includes an

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. Irby is served by a

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and a

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. Irby has an

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centre on Mill Hill Road. The Irby

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serves 6,653 residential premises and 155 non-residential premises. The exchange is operated by BT and provides

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services, among others.

Community

Schools

Pensby High School Pensby High School is a co-educational secondary school in Pensby, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. The school site was originally split between a boys' school and girls' school which was federated, allowing joint staffing/teachin ...

is the nearest state secondary school. Irby Primary School is the local state primary school, with Dawpool CofE primary school also being nearby, towards Thurstaston. However children from the area attend many other schools on Wirral;

Calday Grange Grammar School Calday Grange Grammar School, initialised as CGGS and commonly known as Calday, is a non-denominational, Selective school#United Kingdom, selective Single-sex education, boys' Grammar schools in the United Kingdom, grammar school situated on Ca ...

West Kirby Grammar School West Kirby Grammar School (abbreviated to WKGS) is a non-denominational selective state grammar school, founded in 1913, with academy status in West Kirby on the Wirral Peninsula, England. The school admits girls from age 11 to 18, with boys ...

Birkenhead School Birkenhead School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private, academically-selective, co-educational day school located in Oxton, Merseyside, Oxton, Wirral Peninsula, Wirral, in North West England. The school offers educational opportu ...

, Birkenhead Preparatory School,

Birkenhead High School Birkenhead High School Academy is an all-ability state funded girls' Academy in Birkenhead, Wirral. Introduction Birkenhead High School was the main Wirral private girls' school, but in 2010 became a non-fee paying Academy. It remains a member ...

to name five.

Churches

Irby has three churches. Two of these are the Irby

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Church and the Irby

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Church. Meanwhile, St. Chad's Church is a branch of St Bartholomew's Church in

. Frank Lester was a previous

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of the Methodist chapel.

Leisure

Irby has a village hall, situated on Thingwall Road, which hosted a performance by

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on 7 September 1962. The village is home to the 1st Thurstaston scout group, which was started in 1933, shortly after the

3rd World Scout Jamboree The 3rd World Scout Jamboree was held in 1929 at Arrowe Park in Upton, near Birkenhead, Wirral, United Kingdom. As it was commemorating the 21st birthday of ''Scouting for Boys'' and the Scouting movement, it is also known as the Coming of Ag ...

, held about a mile away, in

Arrowe Park Arrowe Park, sometimes Compound (linguistics), composited as Arrowepark, is an area to the west of Birkenhead, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is situated on the Wirral Peninsula, adjacent to the Woodchurch, ...

, in 1929. The Irby Club was formed in the early 1930s, and is in the centre of the village, in a building which was once the farm house for the former Rookery Farm. Irby Library is on Thurstaston Road and was built in the late 1960s on the site of the 18th century Manor Farm. The library has its own group of local volunteers or 'friends'.

Public houses

The Anchor Inn is one of the oldest buildings in Irby, and, according to an entry in the

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, was built as a cottage in the 17th century. The Shippons is on Thingwall Road and is a sandstone village pub, converted from old farm buildings. The Irby Mill is away from the centre of the village, at Irby Hill, towards Greasby. This is a converted miller's cottage constructed in the early 19th century, which had its original windmill demolished in 1898.

Parks and commons

is approximately east of the village, and

Thurstaston Common Thurstaston Common is an area of almost of parklands, wood and heath between Frankby and Thurstaston, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England. The common is jointly owned by the National Trust and the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Royde ...

is a few hundred metres to the west.

Sport

Irby has a cricket club situated on Mill Hill Road, which was established in 1948 and promoted to the Cheshire County League in 2001. The club operates four teams every Saturday. In the 2008 season, the 1st team, 2nd team and 3rd team were all promoted. For many years the 3rd and 4th XI's played their home games at the Seaview Lane cricket field until an adjacent field was obtained at the Mill Hill ground. Irby's local football club has teams ranging from under 8's to men's. Inaugurated in 1992, the senior team won the local league in the 2008/09 season. The team motto reads ''Semper Paratus'' meaning 'Always Ready'. In earlier years Irby North End, playing at Seaview, enjoyed some success in the national John White League from 1972 to 1977. Irby also has its own Taekwon-Do School based at Irby Village Hall with separate adult and children's classes

Transport

The Merseytravel Saveaway ticket may be used on public transport in Merseyside. Prices are determined by Adult and Child status and the ticket is valid for one day. This ticket may also be used to cross the River Mersey on the Mersey Ferry, on direct services only. However these tickets may not be usd between 06.31 and 09.29 Monday-Friday. The nearest railway station is

Heswall Heswall () is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It was historically part of Cheshire and became part of Merseyside in 1974. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 202 ...

(formerly Heswall Hills) on the Borderlands line. Trains depart from here for Wrexham and Bidston. From Irby, accessing the station is difficult via other public transport, and it is approximately a 45-minute walk away and offers only hourly services. Alternatively, buses may be used exclusively or to travel to West Kirby station, which is on the Wirral line of the high-frequency

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network. Buses serving Irby, as of August 2020:

Notable people

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, former

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and

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footballer. *

Lindsay Kemp Lindsay Keith Kemp (3 May 1938British Film Institute entry for Lindsa ...

, dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist and choreographer, born in Irby on 3 May 1938. * Frank Lester, recipient of the

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. * Dinah May, English model and actress, born in Irby. * Colin Whalley, field hockey international. * Montague White, English cricketer, died in Irby.

References

Sources

External links

English Heritage Archaeological Activities: IrbyBBC Domesday Project: IrbyIrby Thurstaston & Pensby Amenity Society
{{Populated Places in Wirral Borough Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Former civil parishes in Merseyside